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L. F. X. JENNEMANN.

I FONT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 4, I914.

Patented June 6, 1916.

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LEO F. X. JENNEMANN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

FONT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 6, 1916.

Application filed April 4, 1914. Serial No. 829,588.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEO F. X. JENNEMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fonts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved holy-water font, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a font in which there is provided a removable reservoir carried by a standard and having its outlet neck extending into a cup in which absorbent material, such as sponge, is placed to hold'the water and prevent the water from being quickly evaporated or spilt by the font being accidently struck when pass ing the same.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the reservoir that it may be used as a receptacle for carrying holy-water from the church to the home.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved connection between the reservoir and the supporting standard.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved font; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4: is a view showing the font in rear elevation with the reservoir in an elevated position.

The reservoir 10 is provided with an outlet neck 11 and has its rear face provided with side strips 12 which overhang the central portion of the rear face in spaced relation to the same, thus forming an under-cut groove. This groove terminates short of the upper end of the reservoir, and thus provides an abutment shoulder 13 which limits the downward movement of the reservoir. The standard 14. which leads from the cup 15 has its side portions 16 reduced as shown in Fig. 2 so that the standard may fit into the groove formed in the reservoir 10 with the reduced side portions fitting into the space between the overhanging strips 12 and the rear face of the reservoir. These reduced side portions 16 terminate short of the lower end of the standard 14: thus forming abutment shoulders 17 engaged by the lower ends of the strips 12 to assist in supporting the reservoir.

When this device is in use, the standard is secured to the wall by means of screws or other securing devices passed through the opening 18 and a sponge or some other absorbent material 19 is placed in the cup 15. The receptacle 10 is then filled with holywater, and is slid upon the standard as shown in Fig. 4 and permitted to drop until it assumes the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The neck 11 will then extend beneath the upper edge of the cup 15 thus forming a water seal which will prevent the 7 cup from overflowing. This reservoir can be removed from the standard and taken to the church where it will be filled with holy-water. A stopper can then be placed in the neck 11 and the reservoir taken home without danger of spilling the holy-water. The stopper can then be removed and the outlet neck temporarily closed while placing the reservoir upon the standard. The temporary closure can then be removed and the holy-water will flow out of the receptacle into the cup until the cup is filled a suflicient height to form a. water seal for preventing any more of the holy-water from flowing out of the reservoir.

What is claimed is:

In a holy water font; a body member, an open top receptacle carried by the body member, a reservoir remo-vably supported on said member having a constricted mouth terminating below the plane of the top of said receptacle, and an insert sponge positioned in said receptacle fitting snugly against the mouth of said reservoir to receive the water therefrom, and said insert lying substantially below the plane of the upper edge of said reservoir; whereby when depressed, said sponge will furnish a quantity of the liquid contained therein and upon releasenient, will reabsorb a portion of the released liquid.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of three witnesses.

LEO r. X. JENNEMANN.

Witnesses:

MARIE A. OTTENHOFF, OLIVER M. CHARTWITH, Eow. V. P. SGHNEIDERHANN.

Cop!" of this patent may be obtained tor five cents each, by addressing the Gommiuloner of Intel, Washington, D. 0." 

